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Do you think παντας is in apposition to τοὺς πωλοῦντας βόας καὶ πρόβατα καὶ περιστερὰς καὶ τοὺς κερματιστὰς or τά τε πρόβατα καὶ τοὺς βόας? I tend to think it is the latter considering a collective containing a masculine can be referred to as masculine, and παντας is removed from both collectives so its proximity isn't much help.

That makes sense; I agree that Jesus kicked them all out so it is best to take παντας with those selling and the animals. How then do we decide who received the φραγελλιον? I lean towards it only being used on the harder to move animals, the oxen and the sheep since he addresses those selling pigeons further down a couple of 'sequence' points away from his initial driving out.